Good afternoon and welcome to the march 19, 2024 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Supervisor dorsey, present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, not present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you, the San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we rec
Test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test est it test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test. The work that i have done in the National Park service is tremendous. It spans an entire career of the most mink work that i think i have ever done, is to sit and listen to the people to whom this continent belongs. When i listen and hear the pain of the taking of land, taking of quu culture, taking of language, i begin to think about what that means for me. I have a dear friend. Her name is faith spottedeagle. She does tremendous work around generational trauma and healing in indian country. What she tells me is that healing will take place when we come together as a nation. Healing of our Indigenous People will be able to happen when we begin to set aside the denial and the same that serves as barriers between us and our native nations. Im humbled to sit here today. There are plenty of oth
Itss my pleasure to welcome you todays program places of healing and expression, National Parks and the next century. I would also like to welcome those of you who are watching us live on the National Archives youtube channel, as well as on pleased span. Were pleased everyone is here to jien us. The National Archives is honored to clollaborate with program a tha will explore issues of public dialogue and personal meeting and National Parks and what this means moving forward into the next century of americas best idea. Before we get to todays program, i would like to tell you about two upcoming programs that will take place in december, in september, september, the people and the police, produced in the aftermath of 1968 riots in washington, d. C. In an effort to highlight the district pilot project, created to foster the development of Community Programs and improve the shattered relationship between the citizens and its police force. After the screening nbc foreign reporter will moder
Real . A man who spent time in a turkish prison before escaping, joins us tonight. We begin with the war against ebola in washington, president obama huddled with his top security and Health Officials trying to map out a new strategy that may include additional screenings at airports here and abroad. Ebola is a very serious disease and the ability of people who are infected to carry that across borders is something that we have to take extremely seriously. In spain concern about Health Care Workers there, the first case of ebola carried outside of west africa is there. In nebraska the fifth american to contract the disease is back on u. S. Soil. The journalist is being treated at the Medical Center in omaha tonight. And in texas with time and Treatment Options running out the fda is allowing ebola patient Thomas Duncan to be given an experimental drug but according the his nephew, he is not being helped. Hes on dialysis now still fighting. Were joined by heidi zhoucastro in dallas. Hei
And youve got five trillion dollars of outstanding obligations now that somebody has to deal with. Thats in the current of housing finance. Thats not in the future. So, somebody has got to deal with that. And whether its fannie or freddie or somebody else, i mean, thats, i think, a decision that congress has to make, not fhfa. Let me switch topics here for just a minute. That has to do with the mortgage debt relief act. Director watt, i dont think any state has felt the impact of falling home values more than the state of nevada. Congress passed mortgage debt relief act to ensure those who owe more on their mortgages than they do on their homes are now worth would not be hit with additional income taxes. Im not going to ask your opinion on the irs or thank you. On income taxes. But i think its unfortunate. No one gets hit more than lowincome, middleincome families. I think its unfair and i think most would concur that its unfair, that individuals would have to pay taxes on income that